All Joseph Addison Quotes
- Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors. Among
- I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck. A good character, good habits… All
- The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful… Care
- This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it. Command
- Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend,… Abroad
- Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn. Alliance
- Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is always, therefore, represented as blind. Always Therefore
- Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all our unhappiness. All
- In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee,… All
- From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life; where there is a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas,… Acquires
- Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to… Age
- There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each… Any
- I 'm weary of conjectures,-this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me:… Age
- It is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards with no conversation… Any
- The Gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw our into practice virtues that… Bounty
- The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of… Big
- The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness. Firm
- A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.… Accommodates
- Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency. Emergencies
- Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands. Charity
- I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections… Author
- It must be so,-Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and… Desire
- The woman that deliberates is lost. Deliberates
- The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may… Advertisements
- If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture… Already Possess